i spoke at a fundraiser for obama back before he got elected. and the only thing i said was, "look, we're working hard now to get him elected. we have to work twice as hard after he gets elected to make sure what we voted for actually happens." >> i walked there picking mushrooms at the edge of dread, but don't be fooled. this is not a russian column, this is not somewhere else but here. our country moving closer to its own truth and dread, its own ways of making people disappear. i won't tell you where the place is, the dark mash of the woods meeting the unmarked strip of light. ghostwritten crossroads, leaf mold paradise i know already who wants to buy it, sell it, make it disappear. and i won't tell you where it is, so why do i tell you anything? because you still listen because in times like these, to have to listen at all, it is necessary to talk about trees. [applause] >> that was adrienne rich, reading her poetry. she died on tuesday the age of 82. alice walker, your thoughts about adrian? >> the thing i most loved was her integrity. she